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THE TOMB OF THE DOUBLE AXES
is 25-8 cm. to the upper rim of the recipient, and 343 to the top of the handles-
dimensions which agree very well with those from the tomb. The handles with
their double coil, and the whole contour of the vessel, show an exact correspon-
dence. The surface of the restored vessel had suffered too much from fire and
exposure to show any traces of the original colouring. One at least of the
associated vessels, however, illustrated the same survival of polychromy as is
seen on the Isopata goblets.
These associated vessels, moreover, gain additional interest from the fact
that they were probably of a ritual class. They included two varieties of brazier
or chafing-dish, one of them the exact counterpart of that found in the present
tomb (cf. fig. 38). The other belongs to a class of vessel well known from the
beginning of the Middle Minoan Age, with a bossed pan. The charcoal was
in this case inserted from below into its globular inner receptacle, the continued
Fig. 38. Clay brazier irom Tomb 5.
combustion being made possible by air-holes in the bottom of this. The specimen
found in this chamber was supported on three short legs.' It showed the lilac-
brown ground of M.M.III tradition,and within,a white central rosette surrounded
by spirals. The other vessel (fig. 39, a, />)2 was a handled pan like those from the
tombs and bore a polychrome decoration very similar to that of the Isopata
goblet. The interior of the' vessel showed faint traces of a ' kyanos' blue design
surrounded by a white ground, with a ' Venetian ' red border, while on its outer
border were petals in the same red on a white ground, the whole on a black
base. The 'Egyptian blue' was painted on the black glaze after firing.
Mr. Noel Heaton, F.C.S., who with Professor Halbherr s permission made
an analytical examination of fragments of the coating of the above vessels from
Hagia Triada, was able to arrive at some interesting conclusions regarding the
technique employed.
1 The width of the basin was 24-5 cm., and its height 19 cm.
2 The width of the pan of this vessel was 24 cm. ; its height 12-5 cm.
THE TOMB OF THE DOUBLE AXES
is 25-8 cm. to the upper rim of the recipient, and 343 to the top of the handles-
dimensions which agree very well with those from the tomb. The handles with
their double coil, and the whole contour of the vessel, show an exact correspon-
dence. The surface of the restored vessel had suffered too much from fire and
exposure to show any traces of the original colouring. One at least of the
associated vessels, however, illustrated the same survival of polychromy as is
seen on the Isopata goblets.
These associated vessels, moreover, gain additional interest from the fact
that they were probably of a ritual class. They included two varieties of brazier
or chafing-dish, one of them the exact counterpart of that found in the present
tomb (cf. fig. 38). The other belongs to a class of vessel well known from the
beginning of the Middle Minoan Age, with a bossed pan. The charcoal was
in this case inserted from below into its globular inner receptacle, the continued
Fig. 38. Clay brazier irom Tomb 5.
combustion being made possible by air-holes in the bottom of this. The specimen
found in this chamber was supported on three short legs.' It showed the lilac-
brown ground of M.M.III tradition,and within,a white central rosette surrounded
by spirals. The other vessel (fig. 39, a, />)2 was a handled pan like those from the
tombs and bore a polychrome decoration very similar to that of the Isopata
goblet. The interior of the' vessel showed faint traces of a ' kyanos' blue design
surrounded by a white ground, with a ' Venetian ' red border, while on its outer
border were petals in the same red on a white ground, the whole on a black
base. The 'Egyptian blue' was painted on the black glaze after firing.
Mr. Noel Heaton, F.C.S., who with Professor Halbherr s permission made
an analytical examination of fragments of the coating of the above vessels from
Hagia Triada, was able to arrive at some interesting conclusions regarding the
technique employed.
1 The width of the basin was 24-5 cm., and its height 19 cm.
2 The width of the pan of this vessel was 24 cm. ; its height 12-5 cm.